Worried about her...

[AllyKat675]

i have a friend whos is Anorexic and bulimiec(Sp?) and im getting worried about her more and more. Im not 100% positive her parents know, but she says they do. She awlays tell me how much weight she is losing and i fear that shes dropping to many pounds so fast. Its so bad that all she can eat now is water and like no food! And her mental judgement is getting in the way 2. She keeps saying that fat is ugly and skinny is pretty and she says nicole richie is her role model which i said for her is very unhealthy. She also is on the track team so with the no eating thing she runs a couple of miles a day and i dont know what to do to help and im so worried about how shes hurting herself so please tell me what to do!

[Triceratops]

It sounds like her eating disorder has taken over her, well and truly.

You need to make sure her parents DO know about this, many anorexics/bulimics are very likely to lie to cover a lot of things up so try notifying her parents about your concerns for her just to ensure they are aware of the situation. Or even ask a teacher, counsillor or a nurse at school about what they can do for her.

Please, tell someone about this before it's too late for her. And I'm not meaning to scare you but if she carries on like this she will be in hospital with a feeding tube and so close to death.

[TigerLily]

Like Marcie said, your friend's eating disorder has obviously become so serious that its totally clouding her own judgement, to the extent that she now needs you to try and encourage and help her to stop her abusing her body and risking her own health because her ED will stop her from seeing it that way herself.

However, you can't take this responsibility single-handedly, that wouldn't be fair on you (or anybody in that situation, for that matter), so I would truly recommend you telling somebody, such as a parent or teacher, to alert them to the situation so that they can also give your friend the help she so desperately needs.

All the best for both you and your friend,
Rachel

[Truth]

What do you do? You tell some one.